It’s something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they’ve made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn’t seem true to me, or I think they’re genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn’t being considered.
What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?
That’d be like expecting the lead singer of the Offspring to do a Ted talk on molecular biology or the guitarist from Rage Against The Machine to debate political science.
Madness!
But you wouldn’t expect the guitarist of Rage Against the Machine to give a talk on molecular biology. Just because one musician can do a thing, we do not expect all musicians to do those same things.
It’s weird how they all have skills you’re overlooking.
It’s unfortunately not weird, but common, that you’re unable to admit your counterexample was not applicable because it ignores the vast majority of artists who, while they each may have other skills, are not indicated as having other skills by their status as an artist.